A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy toward the Irish in general. In English writing, the phrase "a modest proposal" is now conventionally an allusion to this style of straight-faced satire.

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	6. oktober 2016
ISBN13	9781539396772
Utgivere	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antall sider	28
Mål	152 × 229 × 2 mm · 54 g
Språk	Engelsk

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